Month June 2013

“Your career is literally your business.” That quote was by noted US management theorist Theodore Levitt, former editor of the Harvard Business Review and credited with the popularisation of the term ‘globalisation’. Andrew Grove, the co-founder of Intel Corporation later added to the quote: “Your career is literally your business. You own it as a…

I know Tony Robinson OBE has a crush on the Williams sisters so let me use an example from Serena to explain the mind set you need to succeed. The Williams sisters have raised the game, opportunity and fashion in women’s tennis but they are most definitely not who the tennis establishment expected to be…

My company WinWeb recently had our software reviewed by the Software-as-a-Service portal GetApp and received 4.5 out of 5 stars overall. I’m really happy with the review so please head over to their website to see what they said about our array of great apps that even 007 would probably be jealous of!

A word to the wise as weird weather has an ever increasing bearing on life. Running a micro business leaves little scope for error or loss – don’t we all know it? Losing time really hurts. We are all superhuman and are never ill because we can’t afford to be. We are superhuman and will…

Last week in my Top 5 Tips column we talked about becoming a better boss. This week I want to discuss some ideas for how to choose the right people to fill the roles in your business. Recruiting someone to fill a role in your business can be difficult, so here are our Top 5…

Perhaps giving some merit to the saying “95% of statistics are made up”, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have today revised their economic figures for the first quarter of 2012. You may remember that this was thought to be the second consecutive period of contraction and so it was officially considered another recession. This…

The last week belonged to the US dollar. It strengthened against the whole field, with the commodity-oriented and emerging-market currencies bringing up the rear. The euro lost just over a cent to the dollar and sterling fell even further behind, leaving the euro half a cent firmer against the pound in the foreign exchange update…

If you had to choose one, which animal would you say best represents the spirit of your small business? Every business has a unique personality and some people believe that these personalities can be likened to that of a particular animal. As a bit of fun you can answer the questions in the infographic below…

Last Sunday English golfer Justin Rose lifted the US Open golf trophy after an enthralling show of skill under pressure. His story is worth spending a little time to get to know. He came to prominence in 1998 when as an amateur, 18yr old he came 4th in the British Open. Because of this high…

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